Ballet Pink

Image: Flickr I love ‘ballet pink’, and I love, love, love the use of it on these walls with these checkered floors. How gorgeous!

Dreams are Free

My brother-in-law’s girlfriend El emailed me this morning. Remember El? She & my brother-in-law Chris live in Dubai, so they are often homesick for New Zealand. Obviously, look at the scenery, I’m homesick for it too! Back to this email, the subject:...

Orchids Make Everything Look Good

image: here I am a sucker for an orchid. Growing up in Singapore, where they grow like weeds, you learn to appreciate how such a delicate, peculiar organism can grow under such harsh conditions, and thrive. Anyway. I think I was attracted to this photograph because of...

Painted Doors & Trim

image: here Isn’t this photo lovely? I’ve been have been thinking long and hard about how I want to handle the paint color & trim in my new house. I am pretty sure I’ll paint the walls white with a contrasting darker trim color throughout, but...

VWBlog

Attention everyone, Alek over at From the Right Bank informed us today that Vincent Wolfe has a blog. How did I miss this? I’m so excited. I already feel like I kinda know him just through his work and his books, he’s that good. But now I can really feel...

Holland & Sherry

While perusing the Dec Center today, I fell in love. Of course. It happens every time. I just can’t get enough of fabrics. They make my head spin, with happiness. I’m kinda like Erika, they are better than shoes for me too. Since my budget is snug, and my...